Atlanta developer in talks to buy Norfolk Ford plant

Ford Motor Co. is in discussions with an Atlanta developer who wants to buy the shuttered Norfolk assembly plant and redevelop it into a mixed-use industrial site, a spokeswoman said Thursday, January 28th.

Jim Jacoby, who has a track record of redevelopment projects in Atlanta, has been in discussions with Ford for "a while," said Stefanie Denby, a spokeswoman for the Dearborn, Mich.-based automaker.
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